10-16-06 EUR: DMX Sued for Defamation / New Whit CD to Get Primo Beats

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DMX SUED FOR DEFAMATION OVER MAGAZINE INTERVIEW: Baby mama wants $2 million after rapper claims she raped him.
*A Maryland woman is suing rapper DMX for $2 million on claims that she suffered extreme and severe emotional distress, anxiety, humiliation and psychological damage after the artist said she raped him to conceive their love child. Read Full Story

NEW WHITNEY ALBUM TO GET PRIMO BEATS: DJ Premier to follow Aguilera project with Houston comeback set.
*More proof that the Whitney Houston comeback album is indeed a go is new word from Billboard magazine that producer DJ Premier is close to signing a deal to produce tracks for the project. Read Full Story

DIDDY TO ‘PLAY’ SMALL CLUBS: Mogul to perform string of ‘up close and personal’ shows across the country in January.
*On the heels of tomorrow’s release of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ “Press Play” CD, the impresario tells Billboard.com that he is planning a tour that will bring fans “up close and personal” throughout the month of January. Read Full Story

OPRAH, BONO PAINT TOWN RED FOR CHARITY: U2 frontman teams with Winfrey to launch products sold for fighting AIDS in Africa.
*It was surely a spectacle to behold on Friday’s “Oprah Winfrey Show.” The TV mogul and U2 lead singer, Bono – linked arm in arm – visited several Chicago retailers involved with Bono’s Red campaign, which features a line of “Red”-branded products whose proceeds will go towards fighting disease in Africa. Read Full Story

USHER’S ILLNESS INFECTS ‘CHICAGO’ BOX OFFICE: Refund requests total nearly half a million.
*Folks apparently were not trying to see the Broadway revival of “Chicago” without Usher in the role of Billy Flynn. Read Full Story

DANITY KANE MEMBERS IN CAR WRECK: Ladies treated at Toledo Hospital after limo involved in accident.
*Four members of Diddy’s five-woman group Danity Kane were involved in a car accident Thursday night (Oct. 12) while en route to a club date in Toledo, Ohio. Read Full Story

DUKE’S LACROSSE PLAYERS GRILLED ON ‘60 MINUTES’: Plus, show interviews the other hired dancer, Kim Roberts.
*During CBS’ “60 Minutes” last night, one segment featured interviews with the principal players involved in the Duke University lacrosse team scandal. Read Full Story

OPRAH CALLS MAN WHO WANTS HER IN WHITE HOUSE: Mogul repeats her desire to steer clear of politics.
*Oprah Winfrey put in a personal phone call to the Kansas City man who is pushing for the mogul to make a 2008 presidential run. Read Full Story

THE SOURCE SEX TRIAL (Day 3): Witnesses give x-rated testimony.
*At the end of day three of SOHH's exclusive coverage of The Source sex trial, tales of inter-office relationships, torrid business trips and sex with rappers were all commonplace at the magazine. After a brief 15-minute recess, the trial reconvened with former Source editor-in-chief Kim Osorio still on the stand. She testified that she wasn't the only female employee at The Source being harassed. Read Full Story

FATHER OF MADONNA’S ADOPTED CHILD WAS CONFUSED: Banda didn’t realize orphanage would take child for good.
*Yohane Banda, the father of the Malawian child Madonna wants to adopt, told a British newspaper that he wasn’t aware that putting his child in an orphanage would lead to their permanent separation. Read Full Story

FILM/TV/MUSIC BITS: Newton on Jolie role; it’s Buck’s ‘World’; Damani signs; Rhymes signs Chauncey; more ‘Betty’; Dro tour; Mayfield vs. Mayer; Big Boi’s ‘Kidz.’
*A reporter for London’s Sun newspaper showed Thandie Newton the picture of Angelina Jolie as Mariane Pearl, the mixed-race wife of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl in the new movie “A Mighty Heart.” Read Full Story

SPORTS BITS: NBA games online; Tiger to skip Disney tournament; Arenas backs MLG Pro Circuit.
*The National Basketball Association has announced that some 40 NBA games will be available live online during the season each week as the league extends its television subscription package to the Internet. Read Full Story

EUR FILM REVIEW: Man of the Year
By Kam Williams
*Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams) is a popular, late-night comedian who has built-up big ratings around ridiculing politicians. This intrepid iconoclast's refreshingly honest inclination to expose flaws in the system has endeared him with the national audience that tunes in to his TV talk show. Read Full Story

THE EURweb FREE-4-ALL PAGE/BOARD: Talk about the stories we didn't cover in this issue.
Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn't cover in today's issue. (It's sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. Read Full Story

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